Quotes About People

The more I feared people the more I was liked, and the more I was liked the more I feared them.

I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.

Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in this world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people.

Art cannot order people around. Art dies the moment it acquires authority.

I feared people the more I was liked, and the more I was liked the more I feared them—a process which eventually compelled me to run away from everybody.

The incomprehensibility of society is the incomprehensibility of the individual. The ocean is not society; it is individuals.

I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind- of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough), any wounds being inflicted of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.

Abraham Lincoln needs no marble shaft to perpetuate his name; his words are the most enduring monument, and will forever live in the hearts of the people.

Don't vote for someone just because they're a part of a certain party. There have been many great leaders from the main parties, and their greatness has been based on their abilities/skills, their knowledge, their experience and their intellectual prowess. Don't let their title or party membership sway you. Look for someone who is capable, competent and responsible, who is willing to put people before power.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.

Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray. May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors.

History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.

Milyen nagy szüksége van a hazának azokra, okoskodott, nem - van másik! -, fütyörészett Esti, akik fütyülnek rá.

What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

You know the worst thing about bad people, Grace? It's what they make good people do.

Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people — and kill them.

Os militares não dão cultura ao povo, porque se o povo tivesse cultura não os aceitaria.

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